With jugs, there is no meltwater in the cooler.  Foods can be kept dry.

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Mister Tom wrote:

> We've abandoned the large jug approach for extra ice.  We eat lots of
> Costco
> (Meza)Hummus and the 30 oz. containers are great for supplemental ice.
> Because of their tapered sides, the ice pops out relatively easily if
> you
> don't want to take the containers along.  If you do take them, they
> stack
> together when empty to conserve space and can be used to hold
> leftovers or
> whatever.
>
> Of course lots of other foods come in similar containers.
>
> Tom Salicos
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf Of
>> Karl Wolz
>> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:36 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Vanagon Winter Survival Kit Question
>>
>> For summertime camping, I've found that one gallon milk jugs work
>> much
>> better than smaller bottles, simply lasting longer in the frozen
>> state.
>>
>> Karl Wolz
>>
>>  I have many bottles of water that I bought wherever
>> (hellmart or the grocery store) that I put in the deep freeze (after
>> pouring
>> out the 12% (+/-) for expansion). I look for a bottle that seems
>> pretty
>> sturdy on the shelf; the best of these seem to be the cheap store
>> brand
>> drinking water. The only time I can recall breaking any is when I hit
>> them